# 297 - Self compassion - Dr Kristin Neff

Dr Kristin Neff is an associate professor in educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and is one of the world's leading experts in the area of self compassion. Dr Neff is the author of several books in the field of self compassion, details of which you will find at her website:www.selfcompassion.org

In this episode, we define compassion and discuss its relationship with suffering, and we differentiate compassion with pity for others.

We learn why, that while we may admire compassion in others we often we fail to show compassion towards ourselves.

We also learn that many people deem that showing compassion to be a sign of weakness.

We discover the evolutionary origins of compassion.

We explore perfectionism and how it enters the discussion on compassion.

We find out that being hard on yourself doesn't increase the likelihood you will achieve your goals.

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